Red Terror

The Red Terror was a campaign of mass arrests and executions conducted by the Bolshevik government of Russia from 1918 to 1922. The "Red Terror" was a wartime campaign against perceived counter-revolutionaries, with the Cheka secret police executing supporters of the White Army, and Ukrainian Cheka chief Martin Latsis based the purge on the background, education, and profession of those accused. Anywhere from 10,000 to 1,500,000 people were killed during the Red Terror, and enemies of the communists were purged.